ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,766, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Yanfeng Automotive Safety Systems Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).
"Safety belt retractor and safety belt device" was invented by Lijun Zhang (Shanghai) and Kai Lu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety belt retractor, comprising a frame (8) and a belt retracting cylinder (1), the retracting cylinder (1) being rotatably supported in the frame (8) and being composed to be used for winding a woven belt (2). The frame (8) comprises: a back plate (8h), which has a first side and a second side which are opposite to each other, and a first opening (20); a plurality of first supporting legs (8a,8b), ex...